12.6.11

Playwright criticizes attitudes of the British literary establishment

Award-winning American playwright David Mamet calls out against what he considers an antisemitic attitude in British literature. From Anthony Trollope to George Eliot to the present day, Mamet argues that the trend persists: 'There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitisim in the British. [...] I'm not going to mention names because of your horrendous libel laws, but there are famous dramatists and novelists over there whose works are full of antisemitic filth.' [Read More]